Today's Retail News From Around The Web: November 27, 2014
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Photo: Harry Rosen
Our Articles of the Day:
1) Harry Rosen's Exceptional Customer Service Spearheads Store Expansion
2) Canadian Retail Sales Looking Up
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Top Stories - Canada:
-Has Black Friday peaked in Canada? Why this year’s deals may spur more hype than revenue for retailers [Financial Post]
-Canadian retailers should be wary of hackers on Cyber Monday: expert [Globe & Mail]
-How Indigo plans to become the world’s first “cultural department store” [Canadian Business]
-How Black Friday deals are sometimes just a marketing scam [CBC]
-Alimentation Couche-Tard to test European private label coffee program in Canada [680 News]
-Most Canadians enjoy Christmas music – just not before December [CTV]
Canadian News - Region-by-Region:
-Why Edmonton’s 104 Street Is Not a Retailer’s Dream [Alberta Venture]
-Vancouver's menswear retailer Boys’ Co. now outfitted for profit [BIV]
-Retail boom keeping shoppers in Ottawa [Ottawa Sun]
-Kingston company sees 'sharp decline' in Black Friday trips [CBC]
-Cambie merchants launch class-action suit against Canada Line [Vancouver Sun]
-Why we can't get enough of Canada's unauthorized Trader Joe's outpost [Yahoo]
Trending Topics:
-Report: 109 Sears And Kmart Stores Now Expected To Close By Early 2015 [Consumerist]
-Black Friday 2014 deals expected to draw 140 million shoppers in the U.S. alone [Financial Post]
-Black Friday: Upmarket stores 'too posh' for shopping event shun discounts [Independent]
-The Gap: A Good Turnaround Story For 2015 [Seeking Alpha]
-44% of consumers to buy gifts from favorite brands [Fierce Retail]
-Affluent shoppers go online for Christmas gifts [eMarketer]
Interesting Articles:
-Local malls dangle new gifts to challenge online shopping [Seattle Times]
-The 10 Happiest Retailers to Work For In 2014 [Forbes]
-Nordstrom most engaged brand on Pinterest [Fierce Retail]
-The retail chains that treat their employees the worst (and best) [Fusion]
-Girls prefer Elsa to Barbie [NPR]
-Over-excitement at Finnish shopping mall opening [Ice News]
AND FINALLY: Some Quebec grocery stores caught cheating on packaging dates of meat and poultry [CBC]